mrs maynard (17 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 158 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.36 inches. In Stock.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. In.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 128 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.29 inches. In Stock.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

First Edition. Good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Series; The Queen's University of Belfast: Fifth Harry Ferguson Memorial Lecture: Wednesday, 11th March, 1987. Physical description; 14 pages. Subjects; Women in Engineering. Women. Engineering. Harry Ferguson Memorial Lecture. 3 Kg.

Zustand: Fair. 1914. No Edition Remarks. 210 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends.

Unbound. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A splendid original antique engraved portrait. . NOT MOUNTED BECAUSE TO LARGE TO DISPATCH MOUNTED - SO WOULD SEND ROLLED IN A LARGE THICK STRONG TUBE, SIZE 21 X 15 INCHES, 52 X 37 CMS, , scarce and unusual . MRS MAYNARD'S MARRIAGE TO LORD BROOKE SHOWING , SHOWING THE COUPLE, WARWICK CASTLE, WESTMINSTER ABBEY, COUNTESS OF WARWICK, BLANCHE MAYNARD, COUNTESS OF ROSSLYN ETC , AN ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT ENGRAVED IN 1881 .

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: None Issued. First American Edition. Vivid firsthand Crimean War memoir by a French Zouave trumpeter, issued in 1856 in this scarce first American edition. Includes camp-life, combat, and early commentary on Florence Nightingale, military hospitals, and medical carehandsomely preserved in the original blind-stamped gilt cloth. Publisher's brown blind-stamped cloth with gilt spine titles and gilt-stamped Zouave figure on the front board. 12mo, 7.125 inches tall; 300 pages, plus 4-page publisher's catalogue at rear dated July 1, 1856. Bindings are tight and square. Text clean with light, even toning; foxing confined mainly to pastedowns and preliminary leaves. Moderate shelf handling wear; light rubbing to extremities but gilt figure and titles still presentable. First Edition, First Printing; First American Edition. A personal Crimean War memoir presented as the recollections of a French Zouave trumpeter serving before Sebastopol, offering one of the more vivid light-infantry perspectives on the campaign. Beyond battlefield action, the narrative gives detailed impressions of camp-life, discipline, winter hardship, and the daily routine of a specialized elite regiment drawn from France's North African corps. Of particular interest are the sections on medical services, hospitals, and care for the wounded, including contemporary commentary on Florence Nightingale and the Sisters of Charity. These passages add early, near-contemporary testimony to the transformation of battlefield medicine and nursing practice during the Crimean War, a subject more often approached through British sources than through French regimental experience. The Zouaves themselvesoriginally recruited from units linked to French North Africawere among the most decorated light infantry regiments of the French Army and became iconic for their distinctive uniforms and aggressive tactics. Their presence before Sebastopol, alongside the Tirailleurs Algériens and other colonial troops, symbolizes the imperial dimension of the conflict and helped shape the later romantic image of the Zouave across Europe and America. Genres: Military History, Personal Memoir, Nineteenth-Century War Narrative Subjects: Crimean War, Siege of Sebastopol, French Zouaves, Light Infantry, Military Medicine, Florence Nightingale, Sisters of Charity, Nineteenth-Century Battlefield Hospitals, French Colonial Forces, Tirailleurs Algériens.

Small 8vo. Pp. (ii), 171. Old half cloth. St.ot. A Swedish translation from the English dealing with an English Lady's tragic experiences in India during the rebellions in 1857.